An amphibious armored assault vehicle (AAAV) attached to an amphibious
combined brigade with the PLA 73rd Group Army fires its machine gun at
mock sea targets during the live-fire maritime amphibious assault
training in waters of the East China Sea on June 13, 2019.
(eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhang Teng)

Thursday, July 27, 2017

PLA orbat update, ex31st Group Army / 73rd Group Army

Again, credit goes to Andrew KC, both photos and updates.

31st Group Army

73rd Group Army

3rd Combined-Arms Brigade

14th Combined-Arms Brigade

86th Combined-Arms Brigade

91st Combined-Arms Brigade

92nd Combined-Arms Brigade

163th Combined-Arms Brigade

73rd Air-Defense Brigade

73rd Artillery Brigade

The 86th Motorized Division of the former 31st GA has been re-organized
into two brigades. One of the brigades here is the 86th Combined-Arms
Brigade (合成第86旅) of the 73rd GA, and most of its assets came from the
armored regiment of the former 86th Division. So far the Armored
Infantry Battalion's ZBD04's from the former 91st Motorized Division
have been consolidated into this new brigade.

The new 86th Combined-Arms
Brigade on the move

The former 3rd Motorized Infantry Brigade of the former 1st GA is now
subordinate to the newly formed 73rd GA. It is now called the 3rd
Combined Arms Brigade (合成第3旅).

The 91st Motorized Infantry Division of the former 31st GA is now the
91st Combined-Arms Brigade (合成第91旅) of the 73rd GA. The unit is taking
on amphibious role with hand-me-down Type 63A amphibious light tanks. 91st's four Combined-Arms Battalions
(合成1,2,3,4营) are equipped with 2 companies of Type 63A each.